The human hand is a marvel of engineering. How close can you get with this recycled design?

Here’s our soft robot hand in action: This article was originally published in the May 2015 issue of Popular Science, under the title “Wave Hello To A Soft Robot Hand.” ...

HandiMate, developed by researchers from Purdue and Indiana universities, lets children (or anyone else) build robots with cardboard, velcro, and other cheap, easily available materials.

ZURI is a DIY, programmable “Paperbot” system, which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like: The parts are built with paper and cardboard. Plus, the design is modular. By combining leg ...

The robots are shipped as a 2D kit consisting of an ultra-lightweight and surprisingly durable composite of micro-thin plastic and cardboard. The kits are folded at home into a 3D bug-like shape ...

Now, anyone can be a robotics designer with CardBoardiZer — a new computerized system that lets beginners turn static three-dimensional objects into their own moving robot. The robotic versions ...

Goodbye, clunky metal robots. A neat new ‘bot from a German robotics design studio is a DIY affair that lets any Maker with an X-Acto knife slap together a programmable, moving machine.

Learn how to make a solar-powered Autobot robot with this fun and educational DIY tutorial! 🤖☀️ Using basic electronics and creative crafting, build a transformer-style Autobot robot that ...